Pargothan observes Ganeshotsav on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Pargothan ranks #107 of 220 villages in Arvi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pargothan is a village of 251 people in 66 households (Census 2011) in Arvi taluka, Wardha district, Maharashtra, the 107th-largest of 220 villages in Arvi taluka. Literacy is 68%, 8 points below the taluka average of 76% and the sex ratio is 902 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Wardha district centre, 24 km from Nachangaon, the nearest town, under 1 km from Pargothan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 442302, served by Pulgaon post office; the LGD village code is 533758. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub-District Hospital Arvi, 11 km away. The village votes in Dhamangaon Railway assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adsad Pratap Arunbhau. The population is estimated at 296 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kawadi →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pargothan · this village | 251 | 68% | — |
| Sawangi · Maregaon | 471 | 79% | 1.8 km SE |
| Gavhankhedi · Arvi | 370 | 84% | 3.2 km NE |
| Dahegaon Mustafa · Arvi | 2,262 | 74% | 5.4 km N |
| Yerli · Dhamangaon Railway | 644 | 63% | 5.5 km SW |
| Naygaon · Dhamangaon Railway | 884 | 71% | 6.2 km S |
| Wadgaon · Kalamb | 384 | 82% | 6.3 km S |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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